Firefighter was hurrying to house fire when water shifted, pulling truck off roadBy Sherry YoungquistJOURNAL REPORTERFriday, July 9, 2004ARARAT, NC -- A firefighter with the Ararat Volunteer Fire Department overturned a $210,000 pumper-tanker carrying 8,000 pounds of water … [Read more...]

ASSOCIATED PRESSJune 21, 2004Duson, La. (AP) -- A Lafayette television station is reporting that a 15-year-old volunteer firefighter died while responding to a call when the vehicle he was in slammed into another vehicle. KLFY says the unidentified teenager died yesterday … [Read more...]

During a training class several weeks ago, my shift had the opportunity to cut up a small car. We used a combination tool with a truck-mounted hydraulic pump unit and hose reel, and located our pressure manifold near the vehicle. We began by removing the roof, cutting the A, B … [Read more...]

Courier & Press Western KentuckyAugust 17, 2004 ANTON, Ky. - An Anton Volunteer Fire Department member and his family were injured when a fire department tanker truck they were driving overturned. Anton Fire Chief Robert Newman said the wreck occurred about 5:45 p.m. Sunday on … [Read more...]